Title: The Berlin Girl Author: Mandy Robotham Narrator: Kristin Atherton Published: Audio – October 2020 Avon / Print – December 2020 Avon Length: 13 hours 17 minutes Source: Audio – via Library / Print via Publisher Summary: From the bestselling author of The German Midwife comes the heart-wrenching story of a country on the brink of war, a woman who puts herself in the line of fire, and a…
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Title: The Nature of Fragile Things Author: Susan Meissner Published: February 2021, Berkley Books Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New…
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Title: The Owl Always Hunts at Night Author: Samuel Bjork Series: Holger Munch & Mia Kruger, #2 Published: June 2017, Penguin Group Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The thrilling follow-up to Samuel Bjork s internationally bestselling I’m Traveling Alone, which The Wall Street Journal calls tense and smartly constructed. When a troubled teenager disappears from an orphanage and is found murdered, her body arranged on…
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Title: The Secret Stealers Author: Jane Healey Published: April 2021, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC E-copy, 443 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A female American spy in Nazi-occupied France finds purpose behind enemy lines in a novel of unparalleled danger, love, and daring by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Beantown Girls. Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in…
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Title: Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology Author: edited by Zibby Owens Published: February 2021, Skyhorse Format: ARC Paperback, 312 pages Source: Publicist Summary: JOIN AWARD-WINNING PODCASTER ZIBBY OWENS OF MOMS DON’T HAVE TIME TO READ BOOKS ON A JOURNEY FILLED WITH FOOD, EXERCISE, SEX, BOOKS, AND MORE. It’s impossible to ignore how life has changed since COVID-19 spread across the world. People from all over…
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Title: Do No Harm Author: Christina McDonald Published: February 2021, Gallery Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publicist Summary: Emma loves her life. She’s the mother of a precocious kindergartener, married to her soulmate—a loyal and loving police detective—and has a rewarding career as a doctor at the local hospital. But everything comes crashing down when her son, Josh, is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Determined…
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Title: Black Coral Author: Andrew Mayne Series: Underwater Investigation Unit, #2 Published: February 2021, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher via MB Communications Summary: For a police diver in Florida, solving a cold-case mystery brings a serial killer out of hiding in a deep, dark thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Naturalist. Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit have discovered…
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Title: Blink of an Eye Author: Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen Series: Kendra Michaels, #8 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: February 2021, Hachette Audio / Grand Central Publishing Length: 8 hours 12 minutes / 343 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – Hardcover via Publisher Summary: A #1 New York Times bestselling author and an Edgar Award winner team up to deliver this gripping new novel featuring…
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Title: A Vineyard Valentine Author: Nina Bocci Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Published: February 2021, Audible Originals Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Source: Audible Summary: An unforgettable night of romance awaits in this funny, charming novella by USA Today best-selling author Nina Bocci! The annual Valentine’s Day singles soiree is always a big money-maker for Eloisa Giordono’s winery. What could be more romantic than looking for love at a quaint family vineyard…
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Title: Finlay Donovan is Killing It Author: Elle Cosimano Series: Finlay Donovan, #1 Published: February 2021, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Finlay Donovan is killing it . . . except, she’s really not. She’s a stressed-out single-mom of two and struggling novelist, Finlay’s life is in chaos: the new book she promised her literary agent isn’t written, her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling…
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Title: The Shadow Box Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella, Jim Frangione Published: February 2021, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length: 10 hours 36 minutes / 368 pages Source: Audio – via Brilliance Publishing / Print via Amazon Publishing Summary: The Amazon Charts bestselling author of Last Day delivers a haunting thriller about how far one wife is willing to go to expose the truth—and the lengths someone…
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Title: Watch Over Me Author: Nina LaCour Published: September 2020, Dutton Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover, 272 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Nina LaCour delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the Printz Award-winning We Are Okay. Mila is used to being alone. Maybe that’s why she said yes to the opportunity: living in this remote place, among the flowers and the fog…
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Title: Magpie Lane Author: Lucy Atkins Published: February 2021, Mobius Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers. As Dee looks back over her time in the Master’s Lodging – an eerie and ancient house – a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family…
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Title: Masque of Honor Author: Sharon Virts Published: February 2021, Rosetta Books Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Summary: In this coming-of-age tale set in early 19th century America, two sons of the Virginia aristocracy risk it all to defend their dreams and determine their own destinies. General Armistead Mason and John “Jack” Mason McCarty are brothers-in-law, second cousins and descendants of founding father George Mason IV. Ambitious and headstrong, together…
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Title: The Paris Library Author: Janet Skeslien Charles Published: February 2021, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris,…
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Title: A Hundred Suns Author: Karin Tanabe Narrator: Angela Dawe, Emily Ellet Published: April 2020, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 13 hours 39 minutes / 400 pages Source: Audio via Library / Print via Publisher Summary: An evocative historical novel set in 1930’s Indochine, about the American wife of a Michelin heir who journeys to the French colony in the name of family fortune, and the glamorous, tumultuous…
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Title: The Princess Spy Author: Larry Loftis Published: February 2021, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The international bestselling author of the “exciting, suspenseful, inspirational” (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Code Name: Lise weaves another exceptional and thrilling hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSS’s most daring spies in World War II before marrying into European…
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Title: Silent Voices Author: Patricia Gibney Series: DI Lottie Parker, #9 Published: February 2021, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 451 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: The hall was empty and dark. She felt for the switch on the wall, but another noise caused her to pause. Was it from upstairs? That’s when she heard the whoosh of sound. The flutter of material. Right before she felt the push between her…
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Title: Every Waking Hour Author: Joanna Schaffhausen Series: Ellery Hathaway, #4 Published: January 2021, Minotaur Books Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: After surviving a serial killer’s abduction as a young teenager, Ellery Hathaway is finally attempting a normal life. She has a new job as a rookie Boston detective and a fledgling relationship with Reed Markham, the FBI agent who rescued her years ago. But when…
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Title: The Devil and the Dark Water Author: Stuart Turton Published: October 2020, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: Hardcover, 463 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with…
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Title: After Everything Author: Andrea Nourse Narrator: Emily deKanter Published: December 2020, Andrea Nourse Length: 9 hours 22 minutes Source: Author Summary: All Abby Rhodes wants is a chance to pursue her songwriting dreams. When she leaves her husband on Christmas Eve and puts their Missouri hometown in her rearview mirror, she heads straight to Nashville and onto the doorstep of her estranged father. But in typical Abby fashion, nothing…
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Title: This Close to Okay Author: Leesa Cross-Smith Narrator: Kamali Minter, Zeno Robinson Published: February 2021, Hachette Audio / Grand Central Publishing Length: 9 hours 46 minutes / 320 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – Hardcover via Grand Central Publishing Summary: From the award-winning Southern writer who Roxane Gay calls “a consummate storyteller” comes a cathartic novel about the life-changing weekend shared between two strangers: a…
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Title: UNSUB Author: Meg Gardiner Series: UNSUB, #1 Published: June 2017, Dutton Format: Hardcover, Source: Personal copy Summary: A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier. Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood…
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Back again with my five most anticipated releases coming out this month. That’s not to say that I’m not excited about all the books that are being released this month, but these are just the ones that really stand out in my mind for some reason – either because I have loved the author’s previous books or it’s a debut novel and sounds amazing. Again, sometimes I will have…
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Well, we made it through the first month of the new year! Reading-wise, there have been some amazing books published already this year and it looks like there are a whole lot more to come…which is good. My big goal this year is to try to have a good mix of current books and old ones. I have quite a few backlist review books that for whatever reason I…
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Title: Yellow Wife Author: Sadeqa Johnson Narrator: Robin Miles Published: January 2021, Simon and Schuster Audio Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: In the tradition of Wench and Twelve Years a Slave, this harrowing story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia.Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Deadly Fortune by Stacie Murphy – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to Amy at HFVBT. Title: A Deadly Fortune Author: Stacie Murphy Published: January 2021, Pegasus Crime Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Summary: A historical mystery in the vein of The Alienist, in which a young woman in Gilded Age New York…
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Title: The Survivors Author: Jane Harper Narrator: Stephen Shanahan Published: February 2021, Macmillan Audio Length: 11 hours 57 minutes Source: Netgalley Summary: Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets… Kieran Elliott’s life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home. Kieran’s parents are…
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Title: What Could Be Saved Author: Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Published: January 2021, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 460 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: An enthralling, redemptive novel set in Bangkok in 1972 and Washington, DC, in 2019 about an expatriate child who goes missing, whose family is contacted decades later by a man claiming to be the vanished boy. Washington, DC, 2019: Laura Preston is a reclusive artist at odds…
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Title: And Now She’s Gone Author: Rachel Howzell Hall Narrator: Je Nie Fleming Published: September 2020, Macmillan Audio Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Isabel Lincoln is gone. But is she missing? It’s up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray’s search for Isabel Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous…
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Title: Until We Are Lost Author: Leslie Archer Published: February 2021, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 418 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl at the Border comes a haunting thriller about one woman’s journey into the painful truths threatening to destroy her. When Tara Peary’s twin sister Sophie goes missing, Tara dives into New York’s underbelly to find her. Sophie is…
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Title: Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale Author: Patti Callahan Narrator: Cynthia Erivo Published: December 2020, Audible Originals Length: 1 hour 54 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: In this captivating historical novella narrated by Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, New York Times best-selling author Patti Callahan Henry celebrates the life of the mother of modern nursing and one of history’s greatest heroines: Florence Nightingale. Wild Swan introduces listeners to…
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Title: The Jane Austen Diet Author: Jane Austen, Bryan Kozlowski Published: March 2019, Turner Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: What can Jane Austen teach us about health? Prepare to have your bonnet blown… From the food secrets of Pride and Prejudice to the fitness strategies of Sense and Sensibility, there’s a modern health code hidden in the world’s most popular romances. Join Bryan Kozlowski as he unlocks this…
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Title: The Lady Upstairs Author: Halley Sutton Published: November 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Author Summary: A modern-day noir featuring a twisty cat-and-mouse chase, this dark debut thriller tells the story of a a woman who makes a living taking down terrible men…then finds herself in over her head and with blood on her hands. The only way out? Pull off one final con. Jo’s job…
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Title: The Coast-to-Coast Murders Author: James Patterson & J.D. Barker Narrator: Jason Culp, Tristan Morris, Renata Friedman Published: September 2020, Hachette Audio / Little, Brown & Company Length: 14 hours 14 minutes / 560 pages Source: Audio via Library / Print – personal copy Summary: A detective and FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case — but a new rash of killings sends them on a…
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Title: Before She Disappeared Author: Lisa Gardner Narrator: Hillary Huber Published: January 2020, Brilliance Audio / Dutton Length: 12 hours 7 minutes / 400 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Dutton Books Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has…
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Title: Under a Gilded Moon Author: Joy Jordan-Lake Narrator: Kathleen Gati Published: December 2020, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 12 hours 58 minutes / 414 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy / Print – Hardcover via GetRed PR Summary: From the bestselling author of A Tangled Mercy comes an enthralling novel of secrets, a tumultuous war of ideas, and murder as classes collide in the shadow of Biltmore…
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Title: Long Bright River Author: Liz Moore Narrator: Allyson Ryan Published: January 2020, Penguin Audio Length: 13 hours 19 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn’t be more different. Then, one of them goes missing. In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of…
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Title: A Stranger at the Door Author: Jason Pinter Series: Rachel Marin Thriller, #2 Narrator: Angela Dawe Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: From the Amazon bestselling author of Hide Away comes the gripping second installment of the Rachel Marin Thriller series. Rachel Marin is in a good place. After years of struggle, the single mother has found both a stable, loving relationship…
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Title: Deadly Cross Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #28 Published: November 2020, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: A scandalous double homicide in the nation’s capital opens the psychological case files on . . . Detective Alex Cross. Until Kay Willingham’s shocking murder inside a luxury limousine, the Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and ex-wife of the sitting vice-president led a public life. Yet…
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Title: The Butterfly House Author: Katrine Engberg Series: Korner & Werner, #2 Narrator: Graeme Malcolm Published: January 2021, Simon Schuster Audio / Gallery/Scout Press Length: 10 hours 1 minutes / 352 pages Source: Audio via Simon Schuster Audio / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: Detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner return in this thriller as they race to solve a series of sordid murders linked to some…
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Title: The Choice Author: Alex Lake Published: December 2020, HarperCollins 360 Format: ARC E-copy, 400 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: A kidnap… Matt Westbrook only turned his back for a moment. But when he looks around, his car – with his three young children inside – has vanished. A ransom… Panicked, Matt assumes a car thief has got more than he bargained for, but then he starts to receive text…
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Title: The Plot Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz Published: May 2021, Celadon Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Hailed as “breathtakingly suspenseful,” Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program…
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Title: Lie, Lie Again Author: Stacy Wise Narrator: Emily Ellet Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 11 hours 55 minutes / 382 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via GetRed PR Summary: For three women with so much to hide, there’s no such thing as a little white lie… All three women who live at 1054 Mockingbird Lane have secrets…and with a body at…
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Title: Revolver Road Author: Christi Daugherty Series: Harper McClain, #3 Published: March 2020, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 293 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Crime reporter Harper McClain is back on the beat when a troubled musician vanishes in Christi Daugherty’s Revolver Road. Even in the chill of February, no place touches Harper McClain’s heart like Savannah. She should be walking beneath the historic city’s towering oaks, surrounded by graceful…
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Title: The War Widow Author: Tara Moss Series: Billie Walker Mystery, #1 Published: December 2020, Dutton Books Format: ARC E-copy, 351 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: The war may be officially over, but journalist Billie Walker’s search for a missing young immigrant man will plunge her right back into the danger and drama she thought she’d left behind in Europe in this thrilling tale of courage and…
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Title: Bloodline Author: Jess Lourey Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse Published: January 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Perfect town. Perfect homes. Perfect families. It’s enough to drive some women mad…In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of…
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In thinking how I wanted to approach this new year, one thing I wanted to add to the blog was a new feature highlighting some of the books that I am excited will be published throughout the month. Sometimes I will have already read the book, in which case I will link my review and sometimes I will be reading the book in the days to come. I will note…
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Each year, Sheila over at Book Journey makes a big deal over what the first book she’ll read will be for the new year and once again she’s asked us to join her. I have joined in for the last 6 years and it’s always a lot of fun seeing what book everyone selects. Be sure to stop by Sheila’s post to see the collage she makes of everyone participating!…
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Well, it’s certainly been a year…that’s for sure! But the one silver lining is that I read a lot and I read some amazing books. Not only was I fortunate to continue to receive review books all year long, but I still managed to read books off my own shelf…I certainly had the time and this is something that I am going to make a priority moving forward, making…
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